Community News
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Colour blast
Getting physically hit with an explosion of colour is one way to help celebrate a Friday. It was the way about 300 Castlemaine Secondary College students saw out the end of last week as the junior school converged on the oval to celebrate Mental Health Week with what is rapidly becoming entrenched as a favourite…
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Welcome revival for festival photography
Photography with a sense of intrigue captured the attention of judges at this year’s Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival. The two competitions received 44 entries spanning a range of subjects and are still on show. Gina Auciello won the Open Competition festival prize of $250 for ‘Nature and Rays’ – a nature-based composition with eye-drawing…
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From Newham to Tongala
It’s not often two Country Fire Authority brigades 150 kilometres apart have anything to do with each other – except in times of wide-spread fire emergency – but Tongala and Newham CFA brigades have made an exception to the rule. On Sunday Newham presented Tongala with a quick fill trailer which is used for fast…
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All things edible grown in the garden
A fascinating collection of 11 edible gardens will be open to the public this coming weekend as part of the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival. Visiting some or all of these gardens is a great way to learn and get motivated for the new growing season. Three schools are participating for the first time this…
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Creating pathways for people in crisis
A Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Forum being held in Castlemaine next week aims to highlight the pathways available to people in crisis. Local suicide prevention organisations HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies) and The ELM Network (Every Life Matters) are joining forces to host the forum, which will bring representatives from a range of local…
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Documentary celebrates unique and quirky characters of Lancefield
A cinematic documentary about the unique and quirky characters that live and work in Lancefield is set to be launched at a local screening tonight at 6.30pm. Co-produced by Mike Jones, Harry Jon Nanos and Paul Carter, and co-funded by the Lancefield Community Bank and members of the Lancefield community, Lancefield Dreaming interviews a number…
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Market joy for Malmsbury
Malmsbury residents have been given the green light to hold a monthly farmers market on the town’s village green. The inaugural market kicks off on September 15 after positive meetings with the council and VicRoads confirmed support for the proposal. The plan had earlier hit a snag when organisers were told a $700 monthly fee…
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Caring for old Pebbles
Pebbles was one of the Macedon Ranges most loved and appealing equine residents. Not because she excelled at grand prix dressage, jumped like a stag cross country or strutted her stuff in royal show champion hack classes. Pebbles was a family member. For all her 46 years she was loved and cared for to make…
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Castlemaine unwrapped!
A special tour taking place in Castlemaine next week will show participants where and how they can shop locally to keep single-use plastic out of their shopping baskets and out of the environment. Castlemaine Unwrapped – A Tour happens next Monday July 22 and follows the first such tour that was well received by local…
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Big-hearted gesture
Homeless people and those doing it tough are being offered a warming soup and roll and a warm dry place to escape the bitter winter cold at a new soup kitchen in Castlemaine. Launched last week by members of St Mary’s Parish with the support of other churches and the wider community, the soup kitchen…
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Campaign launched to help get dog for Ester
Ester is a four-year-old girl with a big heart and a fighting spirit who suffers multiple daily epileptic seizures. The most frightening seizures occur at night when she is sleeping and can sometimes stop breathing. Ester’s cousin, Kyneton local Paige Hinneberg, said the seizures began in September 2017. “The right side of her brain was…
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Design nominated
A warehouse-style house in Kyneton is turning heads in the Building Designers Association of Victoria Building Design Awards. The contemporary look is the work of Woodend Building Design and has been nominated for People’s Choice. Architect Paul Youngs said the design was based around owner Sam Ryan’s desire for an industrial feel, with plenty of…